AML/CFT for lawyers, without ever bypassing the President of the Bar.
A lawyer is subject to AML/CFT obligations only for certain activities — transactions, arrangements, fund management — and never for legal advice or court defence. When a suspicion arises, it is not reported to TRACFIN: it goes through the President of the Bar. Vigilae understands this twofold distinctiveness and respects it by design.
- Suspicious transaction report routed to the President of the Bar (art. L.561-17), never directly to TRACFIN
- Scope of obligations and legal-advice / court-defence exemption (art. L.561-3) restated on every case
- Due diligence, screening and beneficial owners recorded — a reconstructable evidence file
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A regime unlike that of any other profession.
The President of the Bar as filter
The suspicious transaction report passes through the President of the Bar, who forwards it to TRACFIN after checking. Direct transmission is prohibited (art. L.561-17 CMF).
The advice exemption
Legal advice and court defence fall outside the scope — except where the advice is provided for money-laundering purposes. The judgement remains yours.
A precise scope
You are subject to obligations only for targeted activities: real-estate transactions, management of companies or funds, financial operations. But you still have to tell them apart from the rest of your practice.
The only tool that sends the report where it should go.
To the President of the Bar
The draft report carries the right recipient from the outset — the President of the Bar — and restates the ban on transmitting directly to TRACFIN. No procedural misstep.
Regulated or not
Every case restates the scope of AML/CFT obligations and the legal-advice / court-defence exemption, so that due diligence covers the right transactions.
Secrecy preserved
The tool prepares and records; the judgement — whether or not to report, in keeping with professional secrecy — remains yours.
Reconstructable
Time-stamped register and evidence file: enough to demonstrate due diligence without ever exposing the content of a report.
Vigilae respects the role of the President of the Bar.
Lawyers report their suspicions to the President of the Bar at which they are registered (to the President of the professional body for lawyers practising before the Conseil d'État and the Cour de cassation), who forwards them to TRACFIN. Vigilae equips operational due diligence and the draft report; it stands in neither for the President of the Bar nor for your judgement.
Ref. art. L.561-3 and L.561-17 CMF.Vigilae adapts to your profession's framework but never stands in for the competent supervisor, your analysis or your decision.
Your questions, our clear answers.
Does Vigilae send my report to TRACFIN on my behalf?
No — and certainly not directly. Vigilae prepares a draft report that names the right recipient, the President of the Bar, and restates the ban on transmitting directly to TRACFIN (art. L.561-17). You validate and transmit; the decision to report remains yours.
Does legal advice fall within scope?
In principle no: legal advice and activity connected to court proceedings fall outside the reporting scope (art. L.561-3), unless the advice is given in the knowledge of a money-laundering purpose. Vigilae flags this boundary; the judgement is yours.
For which activities am I actually subject to AML/CFT obligations?
For your participation, in the name and on behalf of your client, in transactions (real-estate, financial) or in the management of companies, funds or structures, and for assistance in preparing them. Vigilae helps frame these transactions without standing in for your analysis.
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Vigilae assists the professional with their AML/CFT obligations. The tool perceives, structures, screens and documents; the professional remains the sole decision-maker and the sole party reporting to the FIU.